Yen Falls as G-20 Gives Blessing to Japan Stimulus

The yen tumbled after officials from the world's largest economies signaled their approval of Japan's new efforts to stimulate growth through aggressive monetary easing.

Finance ministers from the Group of 20 industrial and developing countries on Friday agreed Japan needs to support its moribund economy. That alleviated worries that Japan's central bank would come under fire for doubling the size of its asset-purchase program aimed...